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050	0	0	_aJQ1509.5.C6 _bA54 2020
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100	1		_aAng, Yuen Yuen, _d1979- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aChina's gilded age : _bthe paradox of economic boom and vast corruption / _cYuen Yuen Ang.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2020.
300			_a1 online resource (xv, 257 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 May 2020).
505	0		_aIntroduction : China's gilded age -- Unbundling corruption across countries -- Unbundling corruption over time -- Profit-sharing, Chinese style Corrupt & Competent -- All the king's men -- Rethinking nine big questions.
520			_aWhy has China grown so fast for so long despite vast corruption? In China's Gilded Age, Yuen Yuen Ang argues that not all types of corruption hurt growth, nor do they cause the same kind of harm. Ang unbundles corruption into four varieties: petty theft, grand theft, speed money, and access money. While the first three types impede growth, access money - elite exchanges of power and profit - cuts both ways: it stimulates investment and growth but produces serious risks for the economy and political system. Since market opening, corruption in China has evolved toward access money. Using a range of data sources, the author explains the evolution of Chinese corruption, how it differs from the West and other developing countries, and how Xi's anti-corruption campaign could affect growth and governance. In this formidable yet accessible book, Ang challenges one-dimensional measures of corruption. By unbundling the problem and adopting a comparative-historical lens, she reveals that the rise of capitalism was not accompanied by the eradication of corruption, but rather by its evolution from thuggery and theft to access money. In doing so, she changes the way we think about corruption and
650		0	_aPolitical corruption _xEconomic aspects _zChina.
650		0	_aCorruption _xEconomic aspects _zChina.
650		0	_aEconomic development _xMoral and ethical aspects _zChina.
650		0	_aCapitalism _xMoral and ethical aspects _zChina.
651		0	_aChina _xPolitics and government _y2002-
651		0	_aChina _xEconomic conditions _y2000-
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781108478601
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108778350
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